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Meaning of May Queen | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A girl chosen to walk at the front of the May Day procession and to preside over the celebrations.

Examples

“[H]e saw—he saw clearly—the image of the lovely May Queen in her glimmering dress of shining white with the little gilt crown on her long brown hair.”
“At Ickwell Green, in Bedfordshire, there is a permanent maypole. There, the May Queen is accompanied by moggies (raggedly dressed women) carrying besoms - birch-twig brooms.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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